Also-Ran

I subscribe to Dictionary.com's Word-of-the-Day. 

The day that "also-ran" came through my email, I almost cried.

I dabble in many things, but don't have enough passion to actually focus on improving any particular thing. I just like being well-rounded-ish.

(There. I'm passionate about being well-rounded. Ish.)

It just made my heart hurt for all of us who haven't had that 'aha!' moment of, "yeah, I may never win anything ever. I may never be successful at what I truly love. So what am I going to do about it?"

"Also-ran" became my first Word for my "Words are Hard" series. I created 10 pieces based on words that were interesting to me as I combed through the history of my Word-of-the-Day emails.

It's also my favorite. It didn't sell at the KC Fringe Festival, which is fine by me; it gave me another chance to capture a picture of it for the blog.

If you *are* interested in seeing the piece, and/or purchasing it, let me know, classy (at) classymcgraceful (dot) com. It's a big one; it is currently sitting in a black 23" x 28" frame with green matting. The piece has a little bit of color, too. The photo is just black and white for this post.

-C McG

8/13/13 update: Also-Ran is SOLD. You may now continue enjoying its glory on the interwebs.

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